Both have been mentioned a bunch of times, but I also find that the Tao Te Ching [0] and The Prince [1] both pop into my head, in fragments, from time to time w

Both have been mentioned a bunch of times, but I also find that the Tao Te Ching [0] and The Prince [1] both pop into my head, in fragments, from time to time when I'm thinking about the modern world and the humans in it. Also, if you're wondering where things like genome editing lead us, they lead us to The Island of Dr. Moreau [2] (H.G. Wells, 1896). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau